WALTER PETERHANS | 'Portrait of E. F.'

signed and dated in pencil in the margin, mounted, title in pencil and with the photographer's 'Photographie Peter Hans, Berlin-Friedenau, Eschenstr. 7, Rheingau 152S' studio stamp on the reverse, framed, 1929 (Film und Foto, p. 72, cat. no. 585)

Sotheby's London, 2 May 1997, Sale 7267, Lot 130

This photograph, on double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. Silvering is visible in the dark areas of the print, primarily in the lower left and upper right corners. Upon close examination, a few tiny deposits of original retouching are visible in the upper central portion of the image. This print is mounted to thin, off-white, smooth board. Along the upper edge on the front and reverse of the mount are 3 one-and-1/2-inch brown paper tape hinge remnants. There is very light graphite-colored and faint red soiling on the reverse.
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Walter Peterhans was a photography instructor at the Bauhaus in Dessau, as well as at Mies van der Rohe's Berlin Bauhaus until its closure in 1933.  Peterhans participated in the 1929 Film und Foto exhibition, exhibiting 15 photographs, including a print of the present image.